Mercedes-Benz inaugurated its luxury car showroom in Vijayawada. Mahavir Motors, is owning the dealership in Vijayawada. The showroom was inaugurated by Roland Folger, managing director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India today, March 28th.

The showroom is located at Gudavalli, beside NH5. It is spread over an area of 20,000 sq. ft. Mahavir Motors Vijayawada has a capacity of servicing approximately 90 cars a month.

"Vijayawada is an established industrial city and is fast developing into an emerging market with a strong growth potential for luxury cars. The increasing customer base for Mercedes-Benz in Vijayawada reiterates our confidence in the market, resulting in the creation of a world-class luxury dealership like Mahavir Motors. It was important for Mercedes-Benz to expand its footprint in this important market and introduce the fascination of the Three Pointed Star to our potential customers and enthusiasts in Vijayawada. This is the first dealership that has been set up by our partner Mahavir Motors in Vijaywada, thus fortifying the brand's presence even further," said Roland Folger in a statement.

Yes you are reading it right; The PUB culture which is there in metro cities is going to come to Vijayawada very soon. PVP Mall and Trendset Mall are going to have the first pubs in Vijayawada. A Bangalore based firm has come forward to start the pubs. Lease agreements have also been done. Within another two months, Vijayawada youth is going to enjoy in these two pubs.

There used to be small pubs in some of the hotels in Vijayawada, but they could not sustain. Now, these pubs are going to be a real entertainment for the youth.

The first pubs will be coming in PVP Shopping Mall, with around 7000 square feet area and the second one in Trendset mall at around 9000 square feet area. The two projects are coming up with a total project cost of Rs.5 Crore. According to the lease agreement, each one will pay a rent of Rs.2.5 lakh

Nara Lokesh is trying to join the Union Cabinet, to improve the TDP prospects in Telangana state.

"Chief Minister has not been happy with the Centre's attitude towards AP and has reportedly dropped the idea of sending Lokesh to the Centre", said a senior party leader. He added that Mr Naidu had expressed concern over Centre ignoring the state’s interests despite the TD being an ally.

He reportedly commented that at least the Supreme Court came to the rescue of AP by dismissing the Hyderabad High Court judgment over the long-pending case of ownership of several educational institutions in Hyderabad, but the Centre had not bothered all these months to set things right in spite of repeated requests from him.

The TD leader said that Mr Lokesh most probably would not be sent to the Centre now because if the Centre did not accord either special category status or a special package to AP, there would be an overwhelming demand from the Opposition to recall the TD ministers from the Centre.

"Whether Mr Naidu recalls TD ministers or continues with them, he will lose face either way as the BJP is an ally," he said.

Vijayawada city is going to get a facelift for coming Krishna Pushkaralu as Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is keen on beautification of city and widening of several roads by removing encroachments.

It is said that the CM asked the officials to identify the roads leading to Pushkar Ghats for beautification. CM also decided to develop the PWD Grounds as a city square by shifting the existing Rytu Bazaar and other buildings as it is only ground available in the city providing lung space.

The government plans to develop greenery in the PWD Grounds for the benefit of people. As part of the city beautification drive. District Collector Babu A inspected the canal bund near Alankar theatre recently to shift the Rytu Bazaar from PWD Grounds and instructed officials to take up necessary measurements to shift the Rytu Bazaar.

Meanwhile, people are expressing concern over increasing encroachments on Sambamurthy road on canal bund right from Alankar theatre to Kothavanthena. Several garages and workshops apart from coconut traders encroached the canal bund giving no scope for pedestrians to use the existing footpath. As a result, the people are forced to walk on the road margins giving scope for accidents.

Though the municipal authorities allotted the lands on canal bunds for public purposes at some places, still some places are said to be in the possession of private persons. The increasing auto garages and workshops are blocking the free flow of traffic on the road, as they are using the road margins for parking of vehicles and carrying out repair works.

A resident of Gandhinagar V Bhaskara Rao said that the corporation authorities should develop greenery and walking track along the canal bund by removing the encroachments as the city deprived of breathing space with increasing encroachments. He said that the government should take initiative to beautify the city on par with Rajahmundry, which was developed during Godavari Pushkaralu. The civic officials are also planning to beautify the BRTS road by developing greenery along the 3.8-km-long road. Most of the area is lying vacant alongside the BRTS road providing facility to develop greenery in a big way.